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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Candidus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus

Saint ID

S02851

Reported Death Not Before

100

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06999The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria vetus, north of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E0831535 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.